Game Thread GAME# 15: BLAZERS @ TIMBERWOLVES - NOVEMBER 16, 2018 - FRIDAY, 5:00 PM, NBCSNW

[KingSpeed]

We are 0-2 playing like this we will be lucky to beat the knicks

We will be fine. Knicks are horrible. Wolves are actually very good.

 

[TBpup]

Which will happen first?

Meyers' next blocked shot?
Trent's next assist?

That really needs to have an over/under of some kind.

 

[Chris Craig]

We’re 1.5 games behind the Warriors. Relax. We’ll be ok.

We could be ahead of them

 

[blazerkor]

We can't win a game with Dame playing like that. The good news is he'll find his way out of this little slump.

 

[Scalma]

What number is Melo gonna wear?

 

[Haakzilla]

Fuck the T-wolves. /

 

[TBpup]

I have watched the games. We’re 10-5 and could easily be 12-3 if Miami and Washington didn’t get lucky at end of their games. Every team has bad losses. This was our first. GS has had 2.

Miami led for a large majority of that game. And the Wiz have beaten the Blazers something like 3 straight in Portland. That's not luck.

 

[KingSpeed]

Why are you talking about positioning right now? Shit doesn’t even matter and you keep bringing it up. 4 through 11 in the west right now is super super close. It doesn’t matter. Jesus Christ

And we are 2nd. How come you can talk positioning (“4 thru 11”) and I can’t?

 

[LuckyShot]

Which will happen first?

Meyers' next blocked shot?
Trent's next assist?

That really needs to have an over/under of some kind.

Trent won't get an assist because he'd actually have to pass the ball to do that. Meyers has a better chance of getting a block by accident.

 

[TBpup]

What number is Melo gonna wear?

#600

....to equal the amount of pages in the thread by the time he gets here.

 

[BonesJones]

What number is Melo gonna wear?

He's not coming here. He's not even available yet.

 

[KingSpeed]

Miami led for a large majority of that game. And the Wiz have beaten the Blazers something like 3 straight in Portland. That's not luck.

We had 3 point lead late in both games. Wall banked in two terrible shots and we lost in OT.

 

[BonesJones]

We will be fine. Knicks are horrible. Wolves are actually very good.

Knicks are beating New Orleans in New Orleans right now.

 

[Scalma]

Once again no creativity once down. Nurk was feasting. Did they even run one play for him in the second half? Why do we have to live and die by Dame and CJ?

 

[KingSpeed]

Knicks are beating New Orleans in New Orleans right now.

Pelicans are awful. We will be fine.

 

[BonesJones]

Pelicans are awful. We will be fine.

The team that swept us is awful... yikes.

 

[James lamphear]

I am going give props from that last unit play really good together. Also our two rookies they combined 15 points together. Our bench actually score 40 tonight. Trent score his points of 8 against there 1st string so that to me is good sign. Leonard also had a good game. Zach got going with a better flow with 5/8.

 

[James lamphear]

Once again no creativity once down. Nurk was feasting. Did they even run one play for him in the second half? Why do we have to live and die by Dame and CJ?

Usually when we get behind like tonight the flow will stop and Dame and CJ will start taking majority of the shots. Nurk was having good game and yes they need to stay with the game plan and continue to play as a team no matter the end result. Because if they do that it will pay off in long run during the season. But it takes a coach to hammer that into everybody but I don't think we have that coach.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Serious question, if they go 0-6 on this trip should they consider letting Stotts go?

 

[TBpup]

Serious question, if they go 0-6 on this trip should they consider letting Stotts go?

That's a long way off....but I have always thought of Stotts as an 'assistant' type coach. Like Helfich at Oregon, nice guy, great assistant, but not the Head Man. That's not so much a criticism as it is just reality....there aren't that many of those.

 

[tykendo]

Once again no creativity once down. Nurk was feasting. Did they even run one play for him in the second half? Why do we have to live and die by Dame and CJ?

I didn't get that either. Nurk should have been in. Nurk needs to play 30 + minutes per night period! Stotts was off too tonight.

 

[HailBlazers]

Gotta give props, great trade by the Wolves.

 

[Gronk Brady]

And we are 2nd. How come you can talk positioning (“4 thru 11”) and I can’t?

We are half a game from being 6th... 2 games from being 9th... you act like it means something. The way they are playing is more important at this point in he season... they have old habits they can’t seem to break... just good enough to give false hope

 

[Darkwebs]

This is the first time all season we've lost consecutive games.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Serious question, if they go 0-6 on this trip should they consider letting Stotts go?

In these last 2 games, did the team look motivated to you?
Were the players paying attention to Stotts?
Did Stotts have a positive impact on the game?

If your answer is "no", either that trend needs to end immediately, or Stott's tenure as coach needs to end.

 

[Darkwebs]

We couldn't manage to even win one quarter.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Crashing back down to earth faster than a North Korean satellite.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Gotta give props, great trade by the Wolves.

Top 5 team in the west.

 

[kjironman1]

Well that sucked.
You take away the two threes Trent made and they shot 6-27 from 3 point. 22% and that is because Meyers made a couple. The rest of the team was 16%. Doesn't get much colder than that.
Lillard 5-18 and 1-7 from three looked like he had no lift in his shot and maybe has no business on the court. No reason for him to try this "IronMan" streak thing that he seems to hold some reverence for.
That was just a pathetic showing on the offensive end taking care of the ball. The box has them officially with 18 turnovers but it seems they quit counting after the first half was over? There is absolutely no way they only had 18 turnovers. More like 25.

To bad this team let the Lebrons beat them twice. They better get their head straight pretty quick or this road trip could turn out dismal.

 

[riverman]

Forgettable game of the year....nothing worth even picking apart in my view...butt kicked tonight